Press Statements
PUCL condemns regressive and defamatory views of DU Vice Chancellor Prof Yogesh Singh: At odds with constitutional values
08 Oct, 2025People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) India, is shocked at the troubling views expressed by Dr. Yogesh Singh, professor and Vice Chancellor, Delhi University on 28th September, 2025, in a speech titled “Naxal Mukt Bharat: Ending Red Terror Under Modi’s Leadership, Why Campuses are Targets?” The speech was addressed to ...
PUCL condemns the throttling of the right to speech, association and assembly in Ladakh
30 Sep, 2025Release Sonam Wangchuk and the other detainees and withdraw all charges foisted against them unconditionally. Resume a meaningful dialogue with the people of Ladakh on all their legitimate and democratic demands, including the immediate grant of sixth schedule status under the Constitution and statehood. The police arbitrari...
PUCL Condemns Efforts to Silence Civil Society Voices on Unconstitutional Evictions and Detentions in Assam
03 Sep, 2025PUCL condemns the efforts at silencing civil society voices endeavouring to bring attention to the unconstitutional evictions and detentions in Assam All prosecution against Syeda Hameed for her constitutionally protected speech be withdrawn. Section 152 of the BNS which is the sedition law in a new avatar be repealed. The PUC...
Manipur Report Aims for Reconciliation, Not Division: PUCL's Response to MP Akoijam
28 Aug, 2025This is an open letter from the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) to Dr. Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, Member of Parliament for Inner Manipur. It is written in response to his letter dated August 27th, 2025, which raised concerns about the report of the ‘Independent People’s Tribunal on the Ongoing Ethnic Conflict in M...
PUCL demands that the Assam police withdraw prosecution against Siddharth Varadarajan and Karan Thapar
21 Aug, 2025Freedom of the press cannot be deliberately, arbitrarily and vengefully curtailed by police action! Repeal Section 152 of the BNS which is nothing but the sedition law in decolonial garb! The PUCL is outraged at the vindictive action of the Assam police in summoning renowned journalists Siddharth Varadarajan and Karan Thapar for...
PUCL Welcomes Supreme Court's Order on Transparency in Bihar Voter List Revision, Calls for Vigilance
16 Aug, 2025The PUCL welcomes the interim order in ADR and others v Union of India, as the order will bring transparency to the SIR procedure and provide a chance to eligible voters, whose names are missing from the draft roll, to use their Aadhar Card to seek inclusion of their names. The order vindicates our fundamental objections and appre...
PUCL Response to the banning and forfeiture of 25 books by J&K Government
12 Aug, 2025A PUCL Response to the banning of books by J&K Government Withdraw the forfeiture notification on 25 books on Jammu and Kashmir Repeal Section 152 of the BNS which is the colonial sedition law in a decolonial avatar! The omnibus forfeiture of 25 books in Kashmir is an arbitrary and brute exercise of power which violates the ...
PUCL Condemns the Extrajudicial Killing of Nambala Keshava Rao and 26 Others in Chhattisgarh
27 May, 2025The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) strongly condemns the extrajudicial killing of Nambala Keshava Rao, General Secretary of the CPI (Maoist), and 26 others, many of whom were Adivasi residents, in an alleged encounter carried out under the guise of counterinsurgency operations in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh. Acc...
PUCL Condemns the Arrest of Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad
20 May, 2025PUCL condemns the arrest of Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, which demonstrates the Orwellian dictum that in the new India, truth does not matter and that ‘war is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength’! The words of Prof Mahmudabad’s fall within the framework of a constitutionally protect right to advocate a view...
PUCL Rajasthan Condemns the Expulsion of Bengali speaking Muslims as Bangaldeshis and Infiltrators. Is making them a Scapegoat of the Pehalgam attack and failure of National Security
15 May, 2025The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan, expresses grave concern and strongly condemns the recent incident in Rajasthan, where 148 individuals were declared “Bangladeshi citizens” and are now being taken for a forcible push back on the International border between the two countries. This action represents no...